Durban

/ˈdɜrbən/ noun

A city on the east coast of South Africa known as a major port and beach destination.

Named after Sir Benjamin D'Urban, a British governor of the Cape Colony in the 1830s, making it a rare example of a major world city named after an individual administrator.

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